Isaiah 29:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-124

God saves Jerusalem (29:1-24)Isaiah then presents a frightening picture of the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (called ‘Ariel’ in RSV and NIV, and ‘God’s altar’ in GNB). The people think that their city is safe and that the cycle of annual festivals will go on indefinitely. Suddenly, they find their lives threatened by a terrible siege. Throughout the city people are distressed and humiliated, as the doomed city cries out to God, as it were, from the grave (29:1-4).The enemy armies think their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 29:20

the terrible one = the tyrant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 29:20-21

Isaiah 29:20-21. For the terrible one, &c.— The terrible and fierce were such as Herod Agrippa, who persecuted the apostles; the scorners and blasphemous, such as those who reproached the apostles when filled with the Spirit, as being drunk with wine. The watchers for iniquity, or of iniquity were such as those priests and scribes, who consulted together to take Jesus by subtilty: they who make a man an offender for a word, such as those who condemned Stephen for certain words imputed to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:20

20. terrible—namely, the persecutors among the Jewish nobles. scorner— (Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 28:22). watch for—not only commit iniquity, but watch for opportunities of committing it, and make it their whole study (see Micah 2:1; Matthew 26:59; Matthew 27:1). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 29:15-24

The remedy for spiritual blindness 29:15-24The remedy for this spiritually blind state is the subject of the next "woe" (Isaiah 29:15-24). It begins with a word of condemnation for deception (Isaiah 29:15-16), proceeds to explain what God will do (Isaiah 29:17-21), and ends with a summary statement (Isaiah 29:22-24). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 29:20-21

God will destroy the mighty as well as elevate the helpless (cf. Isaiah 29:17). He will correct social ills. The samples of wicked behavior that Isaiah offered have been all too prevalent throughout history. The ruthless are unscrupulous in wielding their power (cf. Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 25:3-5). Scorners deny moral absolutes (cf. Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 28:22). Those intent on doing evil bend law and order to achieve their ends. Specifically, those who abuse the legal system by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:1-24

This chapter and the three which follow and complete the section, evidently belong to the very eve of Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah in701 b.c.1-8. Jerusalem is besieged and at the last extremity, but the enemy shall be suddenly discomfited. 9-24. Judah’s infatuation at this crisis, contrasted with the very different and teachable spirit that shall mark its future.1. RV ’Ho Ariel.’ Ariel is a symbolic name for Jerusalem, meaning either (1) lion of God, i.e. hero (2 Samuel 23:20), the lion... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 29:20

(20) The terrible one.—The word stands, as in Isaiah 29:5, for the Assyrian invader; the “scorner,” for the prophet’s enemies who derided his message, and sought, “watching for iniquity,” to find an accusation against him. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-24

CHAPTER XIIARIEL, ARIELABOUT 703 B.C.Isaiah 29:1-24IN 705 Sargon, King of Assyria, was murdered, and Sennacherib, his second son, succeeded him. Before the new ruler mounted the throne, the vast empire, which his father had consolidated, broke into rebellion, and down to the borders of Egypt cities and tribes declared themselves again independent. Sennacherib attacked his problem with Assyrian promptitude. There were two forces, to subdue which at the beginning made the reduction of the rest... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 29:1-24

CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1-4 ) 2. Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5-8 ) 3. The people’s condition: Blinded and religious formalists (Isaiah 29:9-14 ) 4. The third woe (Isaiah 29:15-16 ) 5. In that Day: joy and blessing for the meek and iniquity punished (Isaiah 29:17-24 ) Ariel means “the lion of God.” It is one of the names of Jerusalem. A great siege of Jerusalem is predicted.... read more

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